Street-car heater



(No Model.)

M- K. BOWEN.

STREET GAR HEATER.

No. 529,158. Patented Nov. 13, 18794.

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PATENT MENARD K. BOWEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STREET-CAR H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,158, dated November13,1894.

Application filed July 11, 1894. Serial No. 517,196. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MENARD K. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Stove for Heating Street-Oars, of which thefollow ing is a specification.

My invention relates toilnprovements in a street-car heater for whichLetters Patent No. 519,442 were granted to me May 8, 1894, and theobjectsof my invention are, first, to pro vide a stronger and morestable means of supporting the stove and easing above the seat, stillkeeping in mind the central idea of my former patent, that of making thestove adaptable to any car seat without cutting or fitting elther thestove casing or car seat; and, second,.to provide a casing soconstructed that it will not obstruct all the heat rays, at the sametime still affording ample protection for passengers from too closeproximity to the stove. I obtain these objects by the construction andarrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a side elevation of the casing, showing both front and rearsupports, and the position of the whole with reference to the car seatwhich is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of the heater support.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the stove casing and the stove,showing the construction of the casing and the construction andarrangement of the brace fastenings at the rear of the casing. Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The whole manufacture may be a called a heater and is composed of thethree parts, viz: the stove, the casing for the stove, and the supportfor the stove and easing. I claim nothing'new in the stove proper. InFig. 3 is shown the manner of constructing the casing. A. A. A &c., areslats placed vertically and between each slat is left an opening throughwhich the heat rays are allowed to 'pass, a superabundance of these raysbeing prevented by the metal sheet B which passes around the interior ofthe casing between the stove and the wood slats.

The support for the stove and easing consists of the band C which has ashape between the points D D corresponding to the back of the casing andwhich, after leaving the points D D, passes down along the side of theeasing until it joins on with the apron E. This band and apron are allin one piece. Upon the back of the apron is cast the shelf F. At tachedto the apron E are the adjustable legs composed of the pieces G H andthe set screw K. The legs form the front supports. The braces L form therear support. These braces are riveted or tapped on to the metal band Cand are then screwed on to the seat back. On the under side of eachbrace is the lug M which fits into the socket O. This socket is madebeveled where it comes-in contact with the seat back and its object isto add to the strength'of the fastening at the seat back.

Now, while the drawings show a stove with a circular back, the supportIhave described is applicable also to acasing having a square back.Therefore I do not wish to confine myself to a circular back casing.

The manner in which this heater is placed in a car is as follows: Screwthe socket O at their proper places to the seat back; place.

the lugsv L into the sockets and rest the legs upon the floor. Now takethe casing into which the stove has already been placed, lift it intothe support, resting first the front of the casing bottom on the shelf Fand let the stove fall back into its place. Now plumb the stove byadjusting its legs. It is thus seen that .the heater may be speedily andeasily placed in the car. It is also plain that since the apron E doesnot touch the seat front, that the heater is independent of the width ofthe seat; and finally that the adjustable legs render the heaterindependent of the height from the floor to the top of the seat back.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a street car heater, the combination of the band C, the apron E,having the shelf F, the braces L, and the adjustable legs G-H,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In street car heaters a combination of a casing having a circularback and the saddle is alternately a slat and an opening and havlikesuspension consisting oftbebandOwhich ing a metal sheet liningsubstantially as set ro passes around the circular back and down toforth.

the apron E, the shelf F, adjustable le s v {N 5 G1'I, and braces L, allsubstantially as a d MENARD IL Bowl:

for the purpose set forth. \Vitnesses:

3. A stove casing for street car heaters FREDERIO I-I. FITCH,

formed of vertical slats so arranged that there GEO. O; NAGLE.

